Hatshepsut is the oldest daughter of Thutmose I and Ahmes. After king Thutmose I’s death, she married her half-brother Thutmose II which was a common practice to ensure purity of the royal bloodline. Hatshepsut had only a daughter, Neferure with Thutmose II who died after a 15-year reign on 1479 B.C, making Hatshepsut a widow at age 30. According to custom, Hatshepsut became Thutmose III’s regent, handling affairs of state and when her stepson came of age he would become king. but less than 7 years, Hatshepsut took the step of having the title and powers of a pharaoh herself, also as a co-ruler of Egypt with Thutmose III. Queen Hatshepsut reigned over Egypt for more than 20 years. She served as queen alongside her husband, Thutmose II, but after his death, claimed the …show more content…
She sought to restore her image to her people and in statues and paintings of that time; she ordered that she be seen as a male pharaoh, with a beard, muscle, and in other images, however, she appeared in traditional female clothes. After less than seven years, however, Hatshepsut took the unprecedented step of assuming the title and full powers of a pharaoh herself, becoming co-ruler of Egypt with Thutmose III. Though past Egyptologists held that it was merely the queen’s ambition that drives her and there were more studies that are recent that have suggested that the move might be due to a political problem and that Hatshepsut may have been acting to save her throne for her only stepson. Hatshepsut’s successful transition from queen to pharaoh was, in part, due to her ability to recruit well known and respected supporters and many of them had been among the queen’s servants and rose with her in power, and many speculated that the chief minister was her lover as well but little evidence is found to support this